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diff --git a/Documentation/security/tpm/tpm_tis.rst b/Documentation/security/tpm/tpm_tis.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b9637f2956 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/security/tpm/tpm_tis.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +========================= +TPM FIFO interface driver +========================= + +TCG PTP Specification defines two interface types: FIFO and CRB. The former is +based on sequenced read and write operations, and the latter is based on a +buffer containing the full command or response. + +FIFO (First-In-First-Out) interface is used by the tpm_tis_core dependent +drivers. Originally Linux had only a driver called tpm_tis, which covered +memory mapped (aka MMIO) interface but it was later on extended to cover other +physical interfaces supported by the TCG standard. + +For historical reasons above the original MMIO driver is called tpm_tis and the +framework for FIFO drivers is named as tpm_tis_core. The postfix "tis" in +tpm_tis comes from the TPM Interface Specification, which is the hardware +interface specification for TPM 1.x chips. + +Communication is based on a 20 KiB buffer shared by the TPM chip through a +hardware bus or memory map, depending on the physical wiring. The buffer is +further split into five equal-size 4 KiB buffers, which provide equivalent +sets of registers for communication between the CPU and TPM. These +communication endpoints are called localities in the TCG terminology. + +When the kernel wants to send commands to the TPM chip, it first reserves +locality 0 by setting the requestUse bit in the TPM_ACCESS register. The bit is +cleared by the chip when the access is granted. Once it completes its +communication, the kernel writes the TPM_ACCESS.activeLocality bit. This +informs the chip that the locality has been relinquished. + +Pending localities are served in order by the chip in descending order, one at +a time: + +- Locality 0 has the lowest priority. +- Locality 5 has the highest priority. + +Further information on the purpose and meaning of the localities can be found +in section 3.2 of the TCG PC Client Platform TPM Profile Specification. + +References +========== + +TCG PC Client Platform TPM Profile (PTP) Specification +https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/resource/pc-client-platform-tpm-profile-ptp-specification/ |